Friday, January 30, 2009

TEXTURE

"Does anyone one know what texture         means?" 
it's a simple question but when you're only 7 you can't be expected to know everything. After spending a day at in-service learning about how to teach writing I stumbled into a class on making different kinds of alphabet books, "why not turn the alphabet into one giant work of art?" i thought. "We could use it to create a dialog on the elements of art, specifically texture!" After we discussed what had texture, (the wall, the rug our desks) and tried to feel the imaginary texture of a few examples i had we set to work. Armed with an array of plastic utensils, Popsicle sticks and any ordinary object you could think of we set to work experimenting. Once they had decided on their preferred utensil we let them at the alphabet!                                                                                                                                                                             
                                 

    

  

    

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Nice! Way to teach those kids! I'd just show them how to make pipe bombs or tear gas or something...

ryan said...

i'd teach them how to ride a motorcycle and pull girls' hair.

awesome alphabet idea... you should take it a step further and pull a Willy Wonka... give the letters a smell or taste along with a texture... and a musical tone unique to each letter that plays when you touch it. Then you'd be hitting all the major senses... sight, sound, smell/taste, touch. the kids are guaranteed to learn the letters that way.

good to see you're still "arting".